Focus & Team Milram: Numbers in the Tour de France!
Team MILRAM Newsflash
2.500 – 700 – 500 – 400 – 200 – 150 – are just only a few of the MILRAM numbers from the biggest cycling even in the world!
2.500 water bottles from sponsor Tacx will be used on the 21 stages of the Tour de France. The Tour squad of Team MILRAM use up to 120 of these water bottles, which are also greatly desired souvenirs, per day, depending upon the weather.
700 times during the Tour de France will bus driver “Iacho” (pronounced Yahoo) on the button of the espresso machine on the MILRAM team bus. Every time, a stream of the wonderfully delicious coffee flows into the little cup and brings an Italian moment to France.
500 of the equally popular caps will be used by Team MILRAM during their visit in France. Less than half of the cyan blue “casquettes” will land on the heads of the riders. They are much sought-after by the French children and cycling souvenir hunters.
400 baguettes from Yankee Germano. The Team MILRAM masseur prepares the lunch packets every morning. The Italian prepares a total of 400 baguettes with various MILRAM cheeses, like Sylt, Burlander, Reetdamer and Benjamin Gouda, to take care of the hunger of the team’s guests and personnel during the hour-long stages.
200 loads of laundry keep things clean. Whether it is the race clothing of the riders or the clothes of the MILRAM personnel, everything ends up in one of the three washing machines of soigneur Slawo. Together with his helper “Iacho”, he makes sure the MILRAM rider present a brilliant blue outfit from their clothing sponsor Le Coq Sportif.
150 High-tech tyres from sponsor Continental will be used by Team MILRAM during the Tour de France.
Over 35 carbon sets from Lightweight will be used. In addition, there are new tyres every day, depending on what to expect. MILRAM chef mechanic Jochen Lemade and his crew are always busy!!